NHS England South (South Central) – Child Health Information Service

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NHS England South (South Central) (the Commissioners) invites expressions of interest (EOI) from suitably qualified and experienced providers including third sector and social enterprise organisations, private and NHS to provide the Child Health Information Service (CHIS) across the population of Thames Valley (Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire).

NHS England South (South Central) will be the contracting and commissioning authority for the CHIS. Commissioners are looking for a single provider to deliver a high quality service across Thames Valley.

The child health information service are patient administration systems which provide clinical records and support a variety of child health and related activities and functions including universal services for population health, support statutory functions including immunisations, screening and supporting children with Special educational needs.

The Child Health Information Service has 3 components:

1. An IT system the Child Health Information Service System [CHISS] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-health-information-systems-information-requirements-and-output-specifications 2. A child health records department (CHRD), the people who run the system and required services. 3. A personal child health record (PCHR), the ‘Red Book’ including supporting the introduction of an electronic red book

The Commissioners would like to encourage innovative solutions which will deliver value for money and improved services.

Contract award is anticipated to be August 2016 and the successful bidder will be expected to manage a phased implementation with a service commencement date of 01 January 2017 for Berkshire followed by Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire from the 01 April 2017.

If you wish to express an interest in taking part in a future procurement exercise to identify a provider to deliver these services in Thames Valley, please register on the In-Tend portal and submit a completed Provider Sounding Questionnaire by 12pm on Monday 14th March 2016. The information received during this process will be used to inform potential future solutions.

NHS England South (South Central) will be holding a market event to discuss the forthcoming procurement on13th April 2016 venue to be confirmed.

Please note that: • This notice has been issued purely as an information seeking exercise and is not part of any formal procurement process. NHS England will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.

• NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCWCSU), acting on behalf of NHS England South (South Central) (the commissioners)

Additional information: In-Tend Registration

To register on In-Tend please visit:

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Registration

Please send the completed questionnaire by correspondence on the below project: NHS E South (South Central) - Procurement for the provision of CHIS for Thames Valley (Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire).

(SCW/NHSEQ82/00000141/2016)

This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit NHS England or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. NHS England will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.